Magnolia Maymuru

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Magnolia Maymuru
Born
Yirrkala, Northern Territory, Australia
OccupationActress & Model
Years active2016-Present
Relatives Leila Gurruwiwi (aunt)
Modeling information
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBlack

Maminydjama Maymuru (born 1997), known as Magnolia Maymuru, is an Aboriginal Australian actress and model who won Best Supporting Actress at the 9th AACTA awards, for her portrayal in The Nightingale . [1] [2] [3] She was born in Yirrkala in the Northern Territory of Australia and belongs to the Yolngu community. [4] [5]

In 2014, as a teenager, she was spotted by a model scout while withdrawing money from an ATM. First, she turned down the offer as she was continuing her education. [6] She agreed to take part in a fashion show and to enter fashion industry, as she met Mehali Tsangaris, director of NT Fashion Week, while she was shopping. As a model, she used her registered middle name, Magnolia. At the age of 19, Maminydjama Magnolia Maymuru became the first Aboriginal woman from the Northern Territory to enter the Miss World Australia beauty pageant and reached the national finals. [7]

She is the niece of media commentator and television show producer Leila Gurruwiwi. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "AACTA-Winner Magnolia Maymuru On Her Indigenous Idols". InStyle. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Behrendt, Larissa (29 August 2019), "The Nightingale review – ambitious, urgent and necessarily brutal. But who is it for?", The Guardian
  3. ↑ Keast, Jackie (23 October 2019), "'Lambs of God', 'The Nightingale' lead AACTA nominees", If
  4. ↑ "Yolŋu model 'touched' by response to Vogue cover". NITV. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "AACTA-Winner Magnolia Maymuru On Her Indigenous Idols". InStyle. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Indigenous pageant contestant praised for 'creating a conversation'". ABC News. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Aboriginal teen model makes history after reaching Miss World Australia finals". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Off to Emirates Stakes Day with my beautiful Aunty".
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